Year 2 Accessories (1983)
(U.S.)
From the few ponies released in 1982, there was a boom in 1983. Many new styles, colors, and innovations were birthed in the My Little Pony line. These ponies are some of the most well remembered. The earth ponies would now have the company of unicorn and Pegasus. Many different body marking were tested: freckles, blazes, glittery symbols, and rainbow hair. Also made, were the sea ponies, which even appear on the television show. Several of these ponies went on to be Softies, Ceramics, and other items. Many ponies from Year 2 and 3 ended up having variations in countries all around the world. I will list links to some of the variation pages with the actual pony sets.
Also, tons of new and well beloved playsets were sold, each having a special pony. Some even have special friends, like a the little duck that came with the Waterfall.
Dream Castle (first edition) with Majesty and Spike
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The Dream Castle was the
original home of all the My Little Ponies, and it was a popular playset
among
children (and still is popular among collectors). In My
Little Pony: The Movie, it was replaced with the Paradise Estate.
However, a later version of the Dream
Castle (second edition) was released that had purple
and aqua green accents, despite the Dream Castle's destruction.
The Dream Castle is pink with blue towers and a blue drawbridge (which has the emboss of a pony's head). It also has with pink flags that sit atop the turrent and a purple base or floor. It came with both Majesty and Spike, a pony and her dragon friend. The accessories for the first and second releases of the Dream Castle are nearly the same, but with different colors.
Thanks to Christine for use of this photograph.
Here are the accessories included (for accessory photograph
close up see the MIP Guide).
Majesty (unicorn) is white with blue hair with a white streak and
five glittery blue
flowers. This version of Majesty has a hairline
that is
further back than the Mail Order version. She has either blue or purple
eyes. Her eye color varies, due to differences in paint mixing. She
is standing in Windy's pose. There is also an Italian
version of Majesty that is white with blue hair and has Twilight's star
symbol. She came with the Italian Dream Castle.
Thanks to Elizabeth for use of the photograph of Majesty
pictured right.
Here's a comparsion of the regular version (pictured left)
and the Mail Order
version is (pictured right).
Spike (baby dragon) is purple with a white tummy and green spikes down
his back. There are actually several versions of Spike. There are
three versions of Spike. The first one is pictured below and comes with
this set. His colors are much less brilliant than the other two.
The second version came with the second Edition of the
Dream Castle and was a violet purple instead of the less bright first version.
The third version is Mail
Order version of Spike, with rounded eyes instead of the thin eyes.
Internationally, Baby
Dragons were sold with the Princess Ponies (instead of Bushwoolies).
The Baby Dragons are cast in the same mold as Spike, but with different colors.
Pony Wear
This is the first set of Pony Wear ever made. Each backcard features the My Little Pony logo at the top of the card with the text Pony Wear in a ribbon below the logo. On the card it features a drawn image of a pony wearing the particular outfit that comes with the set. There is a different pony pictured on each outfit made.
These outfits were not intended to fit every pony. Ponies like Medley and Firefly (with the bent hoof) and Seashell and Bubbles (both in sitting poses) could not wear shoes. Also, certain outfits will not fit on Pegasi.
Most of these outfits were sold as International
Pony Wear in countries such as Argentina and Greece. Some were also
sold in the U. K. and throughout Europe, Australia, and other countries. Such
items will be noted with the proper outfit.
A quick fact: All the cartoon ponies portrayed on the Pony Wear cards from
this year feature one of the six Earth
Ponies released in 1983.
Pretty Parlor with Peachy and Sprinkles
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Thanks to Tom and Michelle for use of photographs below.
The Pretty Parlor is a
blue rectangular parlor
that opens into a parlor place to make the ponies beautiful. It came with
combs, ribbons, name cards, bridles, hats, and a saddle. It also came
with nametags to display under the pony on center stage. The nametags
have the names of the original Collector Ponies and Lemondrop and Peachy.
It also comes with a special My Little Pony and a special tabby kitty cat.
The kitty even comes with a pink basket that can be strapped to Peachy's back.
It was reissued in Year 3. It was called the
Grooming Parlor outside the U. S., but it was basically the same building
but came with Kisscurl. There are some International versions of Peachy
and the Pretty Parlor, in most cases the pony and accessories remained the same.
It was also offered as a
Mail Order several times, but the Parlor never came with Peachy. Also,
in later years, another parlor was issued. The Brush
Me Beautiful Boutique is cast in the same mold as the Pretty Parlor, but
with different colors.
When closed the Pretty Parlor displays a sticker decal picture of Butterscotch,
the My Little Pony Logo, and the words "Pretty Parlor" displayed across.
Peachy (earth pony) is peach with pink hair and pink
hearts, in the collector's
pose. She has baby blue eyes. The common U. S. version is made in
Hong Kong. Peachy can fade to many odd colors; I've seen her with a pale
body. There are many, many International
and alternate versions of Peachy (please note that the hyperlink will take
you into the main International page, you will have to scroll down and look
for the different versions of Peachy; she's in more than one place). The most
common variation in the U. S. is the Mail
Order version of Peachy (see Playset Ponies). There is also a Flat
Foot version of Peachy. She is often confused with Snuzzle, a Collector Pony, who
has the same symbol and hair color, but is gray.
Twinkles (kitty) is orange with black stripes on her back. Another
kitty was also made later on, to go with the US alternative version of the Pretty
Parlor (Brush
Me Beautiful Boutique). She was white with green accents.
Show Stable with Lemondrop and Brandy
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The Show Stable is a large white and purple stable, with a pony
-shaped
weathervane, and lots of accessories. The shell of the stable has molded
windows, thatch style roof, and two front swing doors. It came with lots of pony jumps and
equestrian type accessories. It even came with a little puppy and pony.
Accessories include: fences, jumps, trophies, tack items. The roof
lift up, for playing indoors. There is also a handle on the roof, to carry
it with.
It was released again in Year 4. Also there is a Mail
Order version. Similar U. S. playsets
include Megan's Place and
Home Sweet
Home, which are later editions. These more rare editions came commonly
be confused with the Show Stable.
Internationally it was sold as basically the same playset,
but there are a few variations.
There is a version of the International
Show Stable abroad were much more vibrant. It was basically the same
colors as Home Sweet Home, but had the Show Stable label. Also there is an Italian Show Stable
that comes with a variant Butterscotch (brown with pink hair) instead of
Lemondrop.
Lemondrop (earth pony) is yellow with purple hair and purple
raindrops, in
collector's pose.
She has
light purple eyes. There are also several International
variations of her. Lemondrop is prone to fading many shades of her normal
colors. The most common variation is a US variation: Mail
Order Version of Lemondrop (see Playset Ponies section). There
are also several International versions of her, see Lemondrop
in the Variants Section.
Brandy (puppy) is brown with a red tongue. The International
version of Brandy is dark brown all over, with no red tongue. There are two
other puppies sold with playsets, pink and white Snowball that came with Megan's
Place and a yellow doggie that comes with Home
Sweet Home.
Waterfall with Sprinkles and Duck Soup
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The Waterfall is a cloud basin with a rainbow running from the base.
It has a large smiling sun next to the rainbow watching over the ponies. The cloud on top of the rainbow is
actually a working pony shower that came with bubbles. It came with brush,
rollers, bubbles, ribbon, blanket, etc.
It was reissued in Year 3. Internationally, there was
an issue that came with a green base instead of a white one that came with
Sprinkles. Also there is
a issue that came with Cascade instead of Sprinkles. See Cascade and the Waterfall in the above link for
more information about this version; it also lists information about the version
that comes with Sprinkles.
Sprinkles (Pegasus) is lavender with blue hair and six blue ducks. 
There is a Mail
Order version of Sprinkles that is pink instead of lavender! It can
often be difficult to distinguish the colors, because lavender is close to
pink. She is in Firefly's pose and has blue eyes. Thanks so much
to Elizabeth for use of the photograph pictured right.
Duck Soup (duck) is orange with a yellow beak and feet and collar. He is the
only duck friend in the My Little Pony line.
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